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'''Toki Pona''' is a philosophical artistic {{wp|constructed language}} created by [[Sonja Lang]] in 2001. It is designed for talking about things by explaining them in simple terms.<ref>{{cite YouTube|id=n3p4-GFXrkM|title={{tok|o ku}}: introducing the Toki Pona Dictionary|author={{tok|[[jan Misali]]}}|channel={{tok|jan Misali}}|handle=HBMmaster|date=2021-07-19|access-date=2023-12-03|quote=}}</ref>
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Many [[:Category:Media|creative works]] have been made in Toki Pona or translated into it.
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Toki Pona (titlecased) is the language's proper name in other languages such as English, French, and German. It is usually translated as "[[Toki Pona: The Language of Good|the language of good]]" (Esperanto: {{lang|eo|''la lingvo de bono''}}, French: {{lang|fr|''la langue du bien''}}, German: {{lang|de|''die Sprache des Guten''}}). In Esperanto, the name is altered to '''{{lang|eo|Tokipono}}'''.
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==Benefits and applications==
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Toki Pona has many alleged [[benefits and applications]] across fields such as therapy, communication science, computer science, language learning, and teaching. These are often cited as reasons to learn the language.
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Sonja Lang started developing Toki Pona to simplify her thoughts during periods of depression. It was also partly inspired by Taoist philosophy. She shared early versions of the language online starting in August 2001, and got feedback on words and features. The project initially gained popularity with Esperantists. Much of the early activity was on Yahoo! Groups, from March 2002 onwards, and a [[Toki Pona Forums|dedicated phpBB forum]].
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Sonja Lang published the first official Toki Pona book, ''[[Toki Pona: The Language of Good]]'' ({{tp|lipu pu}}), in May 2014. It marked the end of her development of the language, and presented her own way of using it. The book presents Toki Pona's philosophy and is mostly dedicated to lessons, with texts and dictionaries afterward. It includes 120 main words, with 3 more presented as "[[synonym]]s". It also features two [[writing system]]s created for the language: {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} and {{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}}.
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Later in 2021, the [[Linku]] dictionary project was started.
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In July 2021, Sonja Lang compiled the descriptive ''[[Toki Pona Dictionary]]'' ({{tp|lipu ku}}), providing [https://tokipona.org/Sonja_Lang_-_Toki_Pona_Dictionary.pdf corrections and clarifications of {{tp|lipu pu}}] and passing the torch of the language's evolution onto the community.
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{{tp|lipu pu}} was translated into Esperanto as {{lang|eo|''Tokipono: La lingvo de bono''}}, published in October 2022. The edition includes notes and words featured in {{tp|lipu ku}}, and additional Toki Pona texts.
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{{Main|Usage}}
Toki Pona has been the subject or source language of various pieces of academia, [[art]], [[media]], and [[software]].
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{{Main|Communities}}
The [[tokipona.org|official Toki Pona website]] links to several communities, as well as a page designed to help with the ISO language code application:
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